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Popular Wood Pens

Some of the most exotic tropical woods on the earth, our Popular collection comes in a wide range such as Bocote, Cocobolo, Kingwood, Purpleheart, Red Heart, Tulip Wood, Yellow Heart Purpleheart and Zebrawood.

Popular woods are readily available and are used to produce some of the most beautiful wood pens.

Lanier Pen's appreciates our natural environment and would never use a wood that is on the endangered speci's list.

Bocote

Description of Wood: It is creamy yellow to golden orange contrasted with a rich dark tan to olive green wood with a wide variety of grain patterns that resemble Zebrawood. It is sometimes called Mexican Rosewood.

Cocobolo

Description of Wood: This wood comes from Mexico, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Some people consider this to be the “Classic Rosewood”. It comes in many shades and colors. It is a Rosewood that usually has a fair amount of natural oil. The Mexican variety has more or less of an orange to brown tone with straight to wavy lines. The Honduras variety has more orange and purple waves. Each finishing in a stunning beautiful pattern.

Kingwood

Description of Wood: Kingwood is a true member of the Rosewood family coming from Brazil. The heartwood is purple and rose with white sapwood. This is the finest member of the Dalbergia Family of woods supporting beautiful shades of violet, gold, and brown. It has a magnificent grain pattern that is sought after for its rich colors. French Kings in centuries past favored this wood for fine furniture thus creating the name Kingwood.

Purpleheart

Description of Wood: A brilliant array of shades of purple to dark brown. It is a highly prized wood used for making fine furniture. It is also know as Amaranth, Violetwood, Koroborelli, Saka, Sakavalli, Pau Roxo, and Nazareno.

Zircote

Description of Wood: This wood has the closest grain resemblance to Brazilian Rosewood than any other lumber. The only difference is the absence of the red and orange hughs. It is a very fine textured high density wood with gold to brown to dark brown coloring. It is also known as Salmwood.